ADVERTISER DEMOCRAT • December 29, 2021
Conservation-minded groups have collaborated in the Sebago Clean Waters coalition to conserve 12,268 acres of land in Oxford County to preserve the forests as well as keep the waters clean. The conservation estate, which is privately owned property, is now permanently protected from development to preserve its ecological and water quality for the community. “I think the biggest thing that that excites me about this historic donation is that Larry Stiffler and Mary McFadden have begun to put back together a landscape that has been quite fragmented over decades,” explains Kirk G. Siegel, executive director of Mahoosuc Land Trust.